Richard Story
About the Image(s)
CANON 5D MKIV
24-70 MM
24 MM
F/18
25 SEC
ISO 100
THIS WAS MULTIPLE OF NINE IMAGES, 3 FOR THE LEFT,3 FOR THE MIDDLE, AND 3 FOR THE RIGHT.
THE REASON FOR 3 EACH WAS THAT THE PASSING CLOUDS WERE VERY SMALL, AS THEY PICKED UP JUST A SMALL AMOUNT THE RED REFLECTION FROM A BUILD FACADE LOCATED BEHIND THE BUILDING ON THE LEFT.
I HAD TO WAIT FOR A CLOUD TO COME BY AND THEN EXPOSE IT, FIRST I MERGED THE 3 IMAGES IN PS AFTER DOING ALL THREE SECTIONS REOPENED THOSE 3 IN LR AS A PANO.
THEN IN LR DID SOME ADJUSTMENTS, SPOT HEALED SOME SMALL DISTRACTIONS.STRAIGHTENED THE BUILDING WITH LR TRANSFORM TOOL AS BEST AS I COULD, WITHOUT HAVE TO CROP AWAY TO MUCH OF THE SCENE.
ANY BETTER IDEAS??
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11 comments posted
The only suggestion I can think of would be to use a tilt/shift lens to try for vertical buildings.   Posted: 09/06/2020 15:50:33
I TOTALLY AGREE ON THE TILT/SHIFT LENS.
OHH CAN I GET A LOAN LOL.
BUT THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS   Posted: 09/06/2020 16:23:16
Well composed image. I like that you waited for clouds as they add a lot of interest to the sky in the image. A wide angle lense is hard to handle - the film plane has to be perfectly vertical to remove the keystoning effect. I heard you can straighten out an image using photoshop transform tool by setting a fixed point let's say the middle of the image and then dragging one if the corners. I haven't tried it myself. I don't mind the image as is.   Posted: 09/07/2020 04:09:48
YES THIS IMAGE WAS WORK IN LR WITH THE TRANSFORM TOOL. I CAN GET IT A LITTLE STRAIGHTER, BUT IT STARTS CROPPING TO MUCH OFF THE RIGHT AND LEFT BOTTOM, AND CONTENT AWARE DIDN'T WORK WELL.
ALL I CAN DO IS RETURN AND SHOOT A WIDER PAN.
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS WAIT FOR SMALL CLOUDS, FAIR WEATHER, AND THE NIGHT THEY USE RED LIGHTS (BUT I'LL TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE ME) CO-VID TO GO AWAY, AND LET ME TRY AGAIN.
AND I WILL !!!   Posted: 09/07/2020 16:48:25
The colors are kind of radical for me, but I think that's what you were going for anyway so good on you. Besides, they do kind of evoke something about Miami don't they?   Posted: 09/07/2020 19:09:59
NOW I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN,
AND PARKING IS A B....(BEAR)
THANKS   Posted: 09/11/2020 18:38:43
BELIEVE ME THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO IMPROVE,
I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT OF IMAGES YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND RECAPTURE WITH WHAT EVER NEW KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE LEARNED...SAME WITH ME
THANKS   Posted: 09/11/2020 18:43:05